Collapsible duplex-flash-light belt.



J. F. SPALDING,4

COLLAPSIBLE DUPLEX FLASH LIGHT BELT.

APPLICATION FILED APH. I7. 191s.

1,155,377. Patented OCI. 5, 1915.

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JAMES SPALIJINGQOF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

COLLAPSIBLE I)UFLEX-FLASH-LIGHT BELT.

` Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patenten oet. 5, i915.

Application ledApril 17, 1915. Serial No. 22,073.

T all Iwhom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMns Fn SraLDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible DupleXFlashLight Belts, lof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to any illuminating belt, and while susceptible of general use is of especial advantage to firemen, night watchmen, miners and others having occasion to enter dark places where a light is necessary.

The invention may also be used to advantage by persons fleeing from burning buildings at night, and by sewer inspectors and others who require a safety light which will not ignite explosive gases.

A further advantage of the device resides in the 'fact that its lights are carried by the belt, thus leaving both hands of the wearer free to carry other things if desired. A

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device ready for use. Fig. 2 is' a broken herizontal section, enlarged, on line II-II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross Asection on line III*III of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line IV-IV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a broken horizontal section on line V-V of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention, I employ an adjustable metallic belt 1 made in two sections 2 and 3. Section 2 is provided at its rear and front ends with fixed loops 4 and 5, respectively. It is also provided at its front side adjacent the loop 5 with a fixed loop 6, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

Section 3 is adapted to slide in loops 4, 5, and 6, to adjust the belt circumferentially and is provided at its rear end with a loop '7 adapted to contact the loop 4 and limit the enlargement of the belt 1 circumferentially. In order to reduce the diameter of the belt 1 the loops 4 and 7 which have a tight fit on the sections are slid apart upon the sections 3 and 2, respectively, and are held at any point of their adjustment by frictional engagement with said sections. From the foregoing it will be readily understood that the belt 1 may be adjusted to it wearers of different sizes.

rIhe free end of the section 3, in addition to being slidable in the loops 5 and 6, is re movable from said loops, so that the belt can be readily put on or taken oii. lNhen the free end of the section 3 is placedl through the loops 51and 6 it-fmay beheld at any point of its adjustment by a thumb screw 8 Vthreaded into a nut 9 fixed upon the loop 5.

The inner end of the thumb screw 8 is provided with ahead 10, to prevent its withdrawal from the nut 9. When the thumb screw 8 is screwed inward the head 10 passes through an opening 11 in the adjacent side ofthe loop 5 and engaging the adjacent por tion of the section 3' forces the same firmly against the adjacent portion of the section 2, as disclosedby Fig. 2. The free end of the section 3 is held against the adjacent portion of the section 2 by the loop 6, so that it will not accidentally catch obstructions while the belt 1 is being worn.

12 designates a pair of resilient holders for holding electric flash lights 13 at opposite sides of the belt 1. The holders 12 are fiXed to loops 14, slidable on the respective sections 2 and 3, so that the flash lights may be adjusted in parallel relation to each other and cast their rays of light directly in front of the wearer instead of to one side. Each holder 12 is'V split at its outer longitudinal side and has its two longitudinal margins 15 bent at right angles thereto, as disclosed by Fig. 3. The margins 15 are provided with thumb screws 16, which extend therethrough and engage nuts 17 on the under margins 15.

By tightening up the thumb screws 16 the holder 12 is made to firmly grip its respec tive flash light 13. The holder 12 is so proportioned that the hinged lid 1S of the flash light case maybe thrown to open position, as disclosed by dotted lines Fig. 4, when the flash light battery is to be renewed. The holder 12 is alsoproportioned to leave free access to the push-button 19 whereby the circuit of the flash light is controlled. Access is also had to the sliding cam 20, whereby the push-button 19 may be depressed and held in depressed position as long as desired.y

. From the foregoing description, it is apparent that I have produced a convenient device whereby the path of the wearer may be illuminated at will and which will leave both hands of the wearer free, and while I have shown and described the preferred VI claim nnddesire to secure by Letters Pat- In va belt, pair of semi-circular metallic memberseacll hav-ing a vsource of light con nected thereto, end loops fixed on oney of the semi-circular members, enother fixed Y loop .arranged on said specified member to the rear o-and adjacent one of the end loops thereof, va thumb screw borne by one ofsztid end loops and having a head on Vits inner end, the other semi-circular member having its ends passed through the respective aforementioned 'loops', and a loop fixed on an end of the second named member and receiving the adjacent end portion' of the first named Vmember and adapted to abut the loop at fitnesses lI?. G. FISCHER, y L. J. FISCHER.

opies of ,this patent may 'be vob'sain'edrfovr ve `mentsl each, ibyiaddressing ther Commissinner iof laments, y Washington, CJ Y y i i v JAMES F. sPALniNG., 

